The religious right may have dominated US politics for decades, but progressive Christians are growing louder in their faith-based…
India recently revoked a special provision that ended the autonomy of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Here's the history…
Saudi women may now travel without a man's permission, easing one of the most repressive aspects of the country's…
Muslims make up 9% of France's population and half of all its prisoners – many convicted on drug charges. But social…
Hajj pilgrims looking online for advice about their upcoming pilgrimage to Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, may not find TripAdvisor…
Why do even the rich cheat on their taxes? New research suggests some people may be genetically predisposed to break the…
Old injustices don't simply disappear with time – they tear a nation apart.
The number of migrants living in churches has spiked recently in anticipation of threatened immigration raids, but churches…
Ever more Americans are using digital cameras to keep an eye on elderly relatives who live in nursing homes. This surveillance…
An estimated 500,000 Rohingya children, refugees from Myanmar, are growing up in Bangladesh in overcrowded camps with no…
Scripture strongly and unequivocally affirms the obligation to treat strangers with dignity and hospitality, says a Christian…
Winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize and one of the most recognizable faces of Buddhism, the Dalai Lama has turned 84 and…
Bin Laden's extremist group had less than a hundred members in September 2001. Today it's a transnational terror…
A scholar went on a Voodoo pilgrimage in Haiti and learned how an oppressive slave past has shaped its religious present.
A controversy has erupted yet again among Southern Baptists over women's preaching. An expert explains how despite this…
There are many conversations these days around 'successful dying.' Two African American scholars argue why these…
An expert explains why war memorials with religious symbols can have different meanings in a diverse society.
Violent radicals are often described as jihadists. A scholar explains what the word means and why those using the word to…
In the year 1984, there was self-congratulatory coverage that the dystopia of the novel had not been realized. However,…
Monasticism developed in part because people were seeking the solace of quiet places But finding solitude was a struggle.…